# Waze

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/waze/  
**Website:** https://waze.com  
**APIs profiled:** 4

Waze is a Google-owned, community-driven navigation and real-time traffic application. Its developer surface is not a self-service JSON REST API but a set of public URL-invocation and embed contracts plus partner-gated data and SDK programs. Waze Deep Links open the Waze app from a URL to locate an address, drop a pin, or start turn-by-turn navigation; the Waze iFrame embeds the interactive Live Map in any web page; Waze for Cities Data Feeds let agencies exchange road-closure, incident, and working-vehicle data (CIFS, WZDx, DATEX II, ESRI) and receive a partner-specific JSON alerts feed; the Waze Transport SDK gives transportation apps ETA/routing and trip-data collection; and the Waze Audio Kit surfaces audio content in-drive. Developer documentation is hosted on Google for Developers at developers.google.com/waze and partner programs are provisioned through the Waze Partner Hub.

## Kin Score — 22.9 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-17 under rubric 0.11.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 22.9).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 81.5 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 10.5 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 45.7 |
| Commercial Clarity | 21.1 |

## Agent readiness — 11.7 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | yes |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Requires approval — onboarding: approval, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (4)

- **Waze Deep Links** — URL-invocation API to open the Waze app from an external link to locate an address, drop a pin, or start navigation. Query params include ll (lat,lon), q (search), navigate, z (...
- **Waze iFrame (Live Map)** — Embeddable client-side component that renders the interactive Waze Live Map inside a web page via an <iframe>, with zoom, lat, lon, pin, and desc parameters. No authentication r...
- **Waze for Cities Data Feeds** — Partner data-exchange for road closures, incidents, and working vehicles using CIFS (preferred), WZDx, DATEX II, or ESRI formats; Waze returns a partner-specific JSON alerts fee...
- **Waze Transport SDK** — Partner-gated SDK for transportation apps to add ETA and routing points and trip-data collection using Waze real-time traffic and location data.

## Security (3)

- **Waze Authentication** — none/partner-provisioned · 2 schemes
- **Waze Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Waze Vulnerability Disclosure** — security.txt · contact published

## Tags

Company, Mobility, Navigation, Maps, Traffic, Location, Transportation, Smart Cities

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/waze/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.